Bruno Meissner

Bruno Meissner ( Bruno Meissner, born April 25, 1868 in Graudenz, † March 13, 1947 in Zeuthen ) was a German Assyriologist and Near Eastern archaeologist.

Bruno Meissner taught from 1904 to 1921 as a professor at the University of Breslau. In 1921 he was called to Berlin to full professor of Assyriology and Semitic Studies. Meissner was primarily a philologist, but also focused on other areas, such as history, legal studies and Near Eastern Archaeology. His main work is the 1920 and 1925 published in two volumes in Babylonia and Assyria, which gave a value based on cuneiform sources insight into the ancient Near Eastern cultural history. In the field of archeology, the writing was studies Bît Hilani in the north palace at Nineveh Assurbanaplis, which he wrote with Dietrich Opitz, his most important work. In addition, he initiated the Lexicon of Assyriology and was one of the early editors of the project. Wolfram von Soden's Akkadian Concise Dictionary is based in large part on the estate Meissner. In addition to the ancient Near East was Meissner's interest especially botany.

Writings

  • From the ancient Babylonian law. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1903 ( The Ancient Orient, Volume 7, Issue 1)
  • CONDENSED Assyrian grammar. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1907 ( reference books for a customer of the Ancient Near East, Vol 3)
  • Assyrian hunts. Described on the basis of old reports and presentations. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1911 ( The Ancient Orient, Volume 13, Issue 2 )
  • The cuneiform. Goschen, Berlin -Leipzig 1913 ( Sammlung Goschen 708)
  • Broad Old Babylonian sculpture. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1914 ( The Old Orient, Volume 15, Issue 1/2)
  • Broad Babylonian- Assyrian sculpture. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1914 ( The Old Orient, Volume 15, Issue 3/ 4)
  • Assyriologische research 1 Brill, Leiden 1916 ( Ancient Near Eastern Texts and Studies, Vol 1, 1)
  • The Tale of the exhibit Achiqar. Hinrichs, Leipzig 1917 ( The Ancient Orient, Volume 16, Issue 2 )
  • The culture of Babylonia and Assyria. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1925 ( Science and Education, Vol 207)
  • The Babylonian- Assyrian literature. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, Potsdam 1928 (Handbook of Literature / Manuals of the art and literature of the Orient )
  • Contributions to the ancient Near Eastern archeology. Harrassowitz, Leipzig 1934 (Information of the Oriental Society, Vol 8, Issue 1 /2)
  • Studies on Bît Hilani in the north palace at Nineveh Assurbanaplis. ( With Dietrich Opitz ), de Gruyter, Berlin 1940 ( Proceedings of the Prussian Academy of Sciences. Philological and historical class 1939, 18)
  • Studies on the Assyrian lexicography. (4 volumes), Zeller, Osnabrück 1925-1940
  • Babylonia and Assyria. Winter, Heidelberg 1920 and 1925
  • Contributions to the Assyrian dictionary. (2 volumes), The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1931 and 1932
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